COMMONWEALTH v. DIRGO

No. SJC-11992.

474 Mass. 1012 (2016)

COMMONWEALTH v. AARON DIRGO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

June 21, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merritt Schnipper for the defendant.

Katherine E. McMahon , Assistant District Attorney ( Eileen M. Sears , Assistant District Attorney, with her) for the Commonwealth.


After a jury trial, the defendant, Aaron Dirgo, was convicted of aggravated rape and abuse of a child (four counts), G. L. c. 265, § 23A, and indecent assault and battery on a child under fourteen years of age (two counts), G. L. c. 265, § 13B. He appealed from the convictions and from the denial of his motion for a new trial. He argued, among other things, that the prosecutor's improper closing argument, to which he did not object at trial, created a substantial...

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